"David Salisbury" <salisbury@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Well, you'd probably have to script alias every user's directory as well as the /var/... directory. > > But, you should be able to get around that with a > > AddHandler cgi-script cgi > > in your conf file. At this point I do have that uncommented and I've gotten a little further toward my goal. I can now fire a cgi anywhere under $public_html and at /var/www/localhost/cgi-bin. But still nothing outside of /var/../cgi-bin/ will fire. The directory settings look like (some of it may be a bit overdone): <Directory /var/www/localhost/htdocs> Options All MultiViews Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI AddHandler cgi-script .cgi AllowOverride All </Directory> AddHandler cgi-script .cgi is also enabled outside that directory setting. Still cgi outside of /var/../cgi-bin/ under htdocs/ will not fire but instead just display as a file. the apache error_log says: Options ExecCGI is off in this directory: /var/www/localhost/htdocs/exp/test.cgi, referer: http://reader.local.lan/exp/ But /var/www/localhost/htdocs should include any subdirectories right. In httpd.conf is says: # Each directory to which Apache has access can be configured with respect # to which services and features are allowed and/or disabled in that # directory (and its subdirectories). # Adding that directory specifally (..htdocs/exp) in another `Directory' statement does make cgi work there but that shuold just happen with the above Directory statement right? --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx